Wesley J. Smith

The National Review’s John Derbyshire lost his religion—of no moment here—and then decided that his rejection of faith, and its replacement with scientism, meant he had to oppose human exceptionalism. I have disagreed with him before about these matters, for example when he tried . . . . Continue Reading »

We are quickly becoming an entitlement culture that increasingly refuses to set self limits and presumes the right to harness technology to get us what we want—no matter how destructive to others and to the overall culture.  Nothing epitomizes this anything goes, me-me/I-I mentality than . . . . Continue Reading »

Many people don’t follow the euthanasia controversy closely.  (I don’t know why: It’s not as if there is nothing else going on in the world.)  But even though the issue isn’t currently on the public policy front burner, I think it is important to understand that . . . . Continue Reading »

Belgium has followed the Netherlands in jumping off a vertical moral cliff by embracing legalized euthanasia.  The awful consequences that I predicted are now coming to pass; a steady increase in the number of cases, inadequate reporting, and a large percentage of non voluntary euthanasia . . . . Continue Reading »

We are in the midst of a destabilizing societal crisis of confidence—and for good reason.  In government, politics, law, diplomacy, media, science, religion, business, athletics, the academy—you name it—we have witnessed incompetence, mendacity, politicization masking for . . . . Continue Reading »

We have been told repeatedly by global warming hysterics that humans are causing the glaciers to melt at unprecedented rates. We were even told that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035—until that nonsense had to be taken back. Now, we find out that at least some of the glacial . . . . Continue Reading »

The campaign by Obama supporters to get him to emote about the oil spill goes into high . . . . Continue Reading »

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has defended the appointment of socialized medicine and health care rationing fan, Dr. Donald Berwick, to head Medicare/Medicaid.  As to Berwick’s advocacy of rationing, Hoyer punted, saying in essence, that care is already rationed.  But it’s . . . . Continue Reading »

Another day, another story about the dishonesty of the Obamacare sales job.  Now, in a New York Times front pager, a study Obamacare boosters said demonstrated it would save money while improving care, turns out not to prove either. From the story:In selling the health care overhaul to . . . . Continue Reading »

See, I have to deal with this all of the time in the issues about which I engage.  Too often, we don’t judge the wisdom of policies by their impact or their propriety, but how those affected make us “feel.”  And now President Obama is being criticized for his handling of . . . . Continue Reading »